Fast-rising industrialist, his Adani Group, an infrastructure and trading conglomerate, owns Mundra Port, India's biggest in private sector. Shares in Adani Power up nearly 40% since its IPO last year. In a buying binge to secure coal supplies, he bought an Australian coal mine lease in August from Linc Energy for $455 million and inked a $1.65 billion deal with Indonesia's state-owned coal mining company Bukit Asam . He recently transferred his holdings in Mundra to flagship Adani Enterprises, boosting his stake to 78% in latter company. A cricket fan, he bid for a cricket team at the last auction of the Indian Premier League, but lost.